Corsican Giant Shrew

Corsican Giant Shrew
Conservation status
Fossil
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Animalia
Phylum:	Chordata
Class:	Mammalia
Order:	Soricomorpha
Family:	Soricidae
Genus:	†Nesiotites
Species:	†N. corsicanus
Binomial name
†Nesiotites corsicanus Bate, 1945

The Corsican Giant Shrew (Nesiotites corsicanus) is an extinct shrew from the island of Corsica.

It is only known from fossil remains from "Teppa di Lupino" in "North Corsica".^[1] The reasons for the extinction for this poorly known species remained unknown, but it is assumed that competition with other shrews as well as introduced goats might have played a role. It died out sometime between 2.5 and 6 thousand years ago.^[2]

References

1. ^ Mammal Species of the World: Additional Data on Insular Mammals
2. ^ Balouet, J.-C. & Alibert, E.. Extinct Species of the World. New York, London, Toronto, Sydney: Barrons. ISBN 2-7373-0254-4. 

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